Saturday, August 27, 2016 Rousseff trial suspended amid row in SenateLawyer Janaina Paschoal, sitting, talks with senators who support the impeachment of suspended President Dilma Rousseff, during the impeachment trial in Brasilia. BRASILIA — The trial against Brazil’s president Dilma Rousseff turned into a yelling match and was temporarily suspended yesterday after the head of Senate declared “stupidity is endless” and sharply criticized a colleague who had questioned the body’s moral authority. The second day of the trial against Rousseff got off to an edgy start when Senate President Renan Calheiros decided to bring up a comment made on Thursday by Senator Gleisi Hoffmann, a member of Rousseff’s Workers’ Party. “This impeachment trial has become a loony bin,” Calheiros said, appealing for calm. Temer has been interim president since mid-May, when Rousseff was suspended after Congress decided it would continue the impeachment process that began in the Lower House.

Source: Bueno Aires Herald August 27, 2016 03:33 UTC